A funny little story from this weekend. I am currently traveling for some professional development over spring break. Yesterday I face-timed with my 3-year old and she recounted the events
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Have you ever watched a child play with a magnifying glass? It’s best outside in the warm sunshine. They crouch down with the toil of it. Consider how focused they are
Helping Children Gain a Sense of Worthiness (Part 4)
We all want to know 'How?' Our human nature wants everything in a formulaic, step-by-step, quantitative procedure. The trouble is...I'm not sure life always proceeds that way...We can't write a
Every mother wants her child to achieve. Every father wants to know his child is a winner! But, what do we do when our child competes and doesn't win? What
Thank you for being on this exploration of worthiness with me! You are a courageous folk, who obviously share my curiosity for the deeper things. Spoiler alert: I am going to
This morning I read the quote, "Write the book you want on your shelves." I do feel compelled to explore how a sense of worthiness develops. The exploration is the
My three worlds converge in February. I am an educator. I am a humanitarian. I am a mother. Because I wear all of these hats, I am curious about the
Teaching children about Belonging
Because Okello and Marian are staying with us in our home, they get to see all of our warts and wrinkles. The warts and wrinkles seem a bit more profound
A Tale of Two Three-year-olds
Last summer I visited Odek, Uganda. It's past Gulu in Pader county. After studying many maps, I still have not found it listed. The heat blankets us. The sun shines
“Let’s Go!” into a Brand New Year!
Christmas happened and we are facing the remaining months of winter: long nights and coldness. A new year dawned and we all wondered and questioned what it would hold. The biggest